Ciaran issues

[spring13]

Love it, and i think the population can handle it.

[ciarajoyce]

Go with the traditional Ciaran. My name is Ciara and I will admit people rarely pronounce is the correct keera but it's my heritage! Also the artist Ciara kind of made things difficult for me here in the US with the Sierra pronunciation, but for a boy Ciaran seems pretty self explanatory. Not to mention society needs to stop being lazy and learn to say names correctly. Lets challenge them!

[ashthedreamer]

I love Ciaran! I would definitely go for the traditional choice--there are so many great international names, people will learn how to spell it! People know how to spell Anastasia, Natalia, Amaya, etc., which all come from different cultures, and Gaelic names are very in. It may take a few corrections, but for me, using the traditional (beautiful!) spelling would be so worth it in the end.

I'm an American, btw, and as soon as I learned Ciaran was said KEER-uhn, I knew it and I didn't need any more correcting. It's a beautiful Gaelic/Irish name, and, as far as international names go, Ciaran is a lot more usable than others. Ciaran makes so much more sense to me than something like Caoimhe or Saoirse, personally!

Good luck!

[catheyc]

I love it, and I would encourage you to absolutely use the traditional spelling AND accent. I am in the U.S. and knew how to pronounce it, although that might be my Irish heritage. I think most people will get it and if they don't they will after you tell them. Don't compromise who you are for other people's limited world views. Sorry, I didn't mean that to sound so negative.

Also, I think traditional Irish spellings are starting to get more popular over here, so people's world views might be forced to expand soon.